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Re:Harvard and M.I.T. Sued Over Failing to Caption Online Co... by psychometry on Thursday February 12, 2015 @01:25PM (#9040329)
The article doesn't specify who is suing them, whether it's a MOOC user or an enrolled student, and what lectures they're suing over. There's a big difference between a MOOC lecture lacking captions and required online lecture for an undergraduate course lacking caption.
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Re:Harvard and M.I.T. Sued Over Failing to Caption Online Co... by lovelearning on Thursday February 12, 2015 @01:38PM (#9040438)
All public online videos published by Harvard and MIT, including such gems as "video of students welcoming Lady Gaga to the Harvard campus".

[1]: http://nad.org/news/2015/2/nad-sues-harvard-and-mit-discrimi...

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Re:Harvard and M.I.T. Sued Over Failing to Caption Online Co... by extra88 on Sunday February 15, 2015 @06:39AM (#9052382)
None of the plaintiffs are enrolled students, the suit is only about videos offered for free to the public. Enrolled students with disabilities (not just in degree programs but also those in single continuing ed. courses) do receive accommodations like captioning for course videos.
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Re:Harvard and M.I.T. Sued Over Failing to Caption Online Co... by rtkwe on Thursday February 12, 2015 @01:41PM (#9040468)
It sounds like it's talking about their MOOC offerings but it very ambiguous and could really be either.
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